The War of Resistance Against Japan: Special Operations Battalion Traverses Shanghai and Slaughters

A large contingent of Japanese soldiers had no idea that the Longyan Legion had already entered Shanxi Province.

And at this moment, a large net is being cast, waiting for them to walk right into it.

When the soldiers of the Third Regiment saw the Japanese tanks appear, their eyes blazed with excitement.

However, the third regimental commander did not give the order to fire, so everyone could only wait patiently.

Once the entire Japanese force had entered the ambush zone, the 3rd Regiment Commander decisively ordered to open fire.

Bazookas, snipers, mortars, and even Garands, Thompsons, MP40s, MG42s, and three M2 heavy machine guns opened fire almost simultaneously.

"Boom boom boom..."

The three Japanese Type 94 tanks were extremely light tanks with very thin armor, and they couldn't withstand the damage from the bazooka at all.

The three tanks were destroyed instantly, and the Japanese tank crews who were not killed escaped by opening the top cover.

But before he could even jump off the tank, he was mercilessly shot to death by countless bullets.

The artillery platoon's ten mortars began firing incessantly at the Japanese troops, wave after wave.

Mortar shells rained down on the Japanese troops, forcing them to look for cover and preventing them from launching an effective counterattack.

Meanwhile, the snipers began to "order" their shots, one hit per shot, almost without missing their mark.

The Japanese artillerymen, grenade launcher operators, and machine gunners fell and died one after another.

What drove the Japanese to despair the most, besides the continuous artillery bombardment, was the dense rain of bullets.

The Japanese soldiers were completely panicked; they had never encountered such powerful firepower before.

Especially those Japanese soldiers who were hit by the M2 heavy machine gun, many of their limbs were broken, and some even had their bodies cut in two after being hit repeatedly in the waist.

Gunfire and artillery fire, mixed with the wails of the Japanese soldiers, sang a funeral dirge for a large contingent of them.

Within ten minutes, more than half of the large group of over a thousand Japanese soldiers were wiped out.

Most of the remaining Japanese soldiers were also wounded.

Just as the commander of the third regiment was about to give the order to launch an attack and carry out the final annihilation,

Unexpectedly, these Japanese soldiers all dropped their guns, and those who were still able to move immediately raised their loincloths and knelt on the ground to indicate their surrender.

This immediately left the Third Regiment Commander and his soldiers completely bewildered.

The soldiers around the Third Regiment Commander hurriedly looked at him and anxiously asked him questions.

"Commander, the Japanese soldiers have actually knelt down and surrendered. Should we still kill them?"

Based on his previous temper, the Third Regiment Commander would definitely have ordered them all killed without leaving a single one alive.

However, the third regimental commander clearly noticed that something was amiss today; logically, the Japanese wouldn't surrender so easily.

You should know that the Japanese soldiers we fought before, even if they were wounded, would fight to the death, even if it meant dying together with their enemies.

"Sound the charge! Let's go up and capture the Japanese first!"

"Beep beep...da da da da...beep beep...da da da da..."

The soldiers of the Third Regiment rushed forward, surrounded the remaining Japanese soldiers, and were on high alert, ready to kill them at any time if they made any unusual moves.

But the soldiers of the Third Regiment were clearly overthinking it; these Japanese soldiers had no chance of making any unusual moves.

Because apart from the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground unable to move, all the other kneeling Japanese soldiers were trembling like leaves in fear.

The third regimental commander approached several Japanese soldiers and asked them in Japanese.

"You sons of bitches, didn't you all uphold the Bushido spirit? Didn't you swear to be loyal to the Heavenly Locusts to the death? Didn't you fight to the bitter end, even if it meant mutual destruction? How come you've all become cowards now?"

A Japanese soldier who looked to be under twenty years old, wearing glasses, pointed at the Japanese soldier next to him and cried out in response.

“We…we are just high school students. Our school called on us to join the army and serve our country. We have not been in the army for three months yet.”

"Please don't kill me, I don't want to die..."

Many Japanese soldiers started crying and shouting.

By this time, the third regimental commander had roughly figured out the crux of the problem.

"Brothers, keep them under guard for now, and I'll ask the legion commander for instructions on what to do with them."

A soldier reminded him, "The regimental commander, the corps commander, and Division Commander Xie all said before that we don't need prisoners when we fight the Japanese."

The third regimental commander nodded and said, "I know, but this situation is a bit special, so let's ask for instructions first."

While the three regiments were ambushing the Japanese, Xie Qiang had already led his soldiers, disguised as Japanese soldiers, and drove Japanese trucks toward Licheng.

Long Fei originally wanted to lead the team himself, but Xie Qiang absolutely refused.

Xie Qiang's reasoning was simple: this mission was still very dangerous, and as the legion commander, he shouldn't put himself in danger.

Seeing Xie Qiang's resolute attitude, Long Fei had no choice but to agree not to participate in the operation. He then got into the truck and waited until they reached the outskirts of Licheng before getting off to meet up with Commander Qin and the others.

As soon as he got off the vehicle, Long Fei received a telegram from the Third Regiment Commander, since the distance between the two sides was now beyond the range of the walkie-talkie.

After reading the telegram, Long Fei ordered a reply to the Third Regiment Commander, instructing him not to kill him for the time being, but to keep him in place and await further orders.

After Xie Qiang's convoy arrived at the outskirts of Licheng, he had everyone get out of the vehicles, then disperse into an attack formation and pretend to fire at the Eighth Route Army and the First and Second Regiments surrounding Licheng.

However, everyone raised their guns slightly to avoid accidentally injuring their own men.

The Japanese soldiers inside the city were overjoyed to discover that one of their own troops had suddenly appeared behind the attacking forces.

The captain in the city also received the report immediately and rushed to the city wall to pick up his binoculars to observe.

He discovered that the Eighth Route Army's attacking forces were clearly thrown into disarray after their rear was attacked.

The Eighth Route Army's defense line was not only breached, but the breach continued to widen.

The battalion commander had a question in his mind: the reinforcements from Liaoyang Town shouldn't have arrived so quickly. Which unit was attacking the Eighth Route Army outside the city?

After thinking for a long time, the Japanese battalion commander strongly suspected that it was the reinforcements he had sent out earlier who had rescued the supply convoy.

When they returned to Licheng, they found that the Eighth Route Army was attacking the city, so they took the initiative to launch an attack from the rear.

After careful consideration, the Japanese battalion commander believed that the current opportunity was rare and decided not to wait for the reinforcements from Liaoyang Town to arrive.

"Order: Leave a small squad to garrison Licheng, and the rest of the troops will immediately leave the city to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army."

"Hai..."

Soon, the north gate of Licheng was opened by the Japanese soldiers, and seven or eight hundred Japanese soldiers swarmed out and launched a fierce attack on the Eighth Route Army's defense line.

But the Japanese soldiers discovered that as soon as they left the city, the Eighth Route Army quickly retreated in all directions.

At this moment, Xie Qiang had already ordered the soldiers to drive the truck over, and then spoke to the Japanese soldiers in the city.

"These are supplies for you. We were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the way and they were almost stolen."

Having witnessed the Eighth Route Army being repelled and the supply convoy arriving right in front of them, the Japanese soldiers in the city had no doubts whatsoever.

So he hurriedly ordered the Japanese soldiers in the city to open the city gates and let the supply convoy in.

At this time, the supply convoy's wagons were filled with a battalion of more than 100 soldiers disguised as Japanese soldiers.

Sixteen trucks, each with a dozen or so soldiers in the cargo compartment. They had a mortar mounted in the cargo compartment and an MG42 machine gun mounted at the rear.

Apart from machine gunners, ammunition handlers, and mortar operators, the rest of the soldiers were armed with Thompson submachine guns and MP40 submachine guns.

Out of courtesy, the Japanese soldiers who came out of the city to meet the enemy allowed Xie Qiang and his supply convoy to enter the city first.

Seeing that the Japanese soldiers had fallen for the trap, Xie Qiang was secretly pleased.

This way, there won't be many Japanese soldiers to deal with after entering the city.

Moreover, as long as the north gate is controlled and the Japanese soldiers are not allowed to enter the city, the hundreds of Japanese soldiers outside the city will be annihilated by the counterattack troops outside the city walls.